embryonic

adjective

em·bry·on·ic | \ ˌem-brē-ˈä-nik

Definition of embryonic

1 : of or relating to an embryo

2 : being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary an embryonic plan

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The tourism industry there is still in an embryonic stage.

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At the Salk Institute for Genetic Expression, in La Jolla, California, scientists tweaked epigenetic markers in live mice with progeria, a disease of premature aging, to revert adult cells back into their embryonic state. — Marcia Desanctis, Vogue, "Can the Genes Responsible for Aging Be Altered by a Face Cream? These Skin-Care Companies Say Yes," 21 July 2018 The cells revert to a partially embryonic state, which causes them to emit the growth factors. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Hair regrowth treatment now being tested in women by La Jolla's Histogen," 12 July 2018 This sparked a two-year study during which researchers monitored the embryonic activity of a number of pregnant tawny nurse sharks. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "Some Unborn Sharks Swim from Uterus to Uterus Inside Their Mom," 7 Jan. 2019 Researchers started with human embryonic stem cells, which are capable of giving rise to any type of human cell. — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, "This retinal implant may one day cure blindness caused by macular degeneration," 5 Apr. 2018 Researchers have managed to clone nonhuman primates in the past couple of decades using other techniques, including a similar nuclear transfer method that relies on embryonic stem cells instead of somatic cells. — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, "First Primate Clones Produced Using the “Dolly” Method," 24 Jan. 2018 The endeavor, which is still in embryonic stages, will have public-health expert Dr. Atul Gawande as its CEO. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "DOJ approves $69B CVS-Aetna merger as healthcare industry restructures," 11 Oct. 2018 So far the project is still in the embryonic stage. — Rob Gillies, The Seattle Times, "Google’s plans for first wired urban community raise data-privacy concerns," 2 Oct. 2018 Another team built a three-input, two-output full adder (a circuit that literally adds up numbers), which combines different types of logic gates, in human embryonic cells. — Eric Smalley, Discover Magazine, "Cellular Cyborgs: How Programmable DNA Strands Might Control Healing," 25 Sep. 2018

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